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Corporate Governance

A Delorean going back to the audit future by Barry Downard

Feature

Local audits go back to the future

Will bringing the audit appointment process closer to local authorities cause independence problems? asks Peter Bateman

18 Apr 2013

European commission

News

EC pushes for more environmental and social disclosure

Companies with more than 500 employees will need to disclose more information about environmental and social impact in annual reports

17 Apr 2013

Opinion

Audit: The time is right for change

Quality, independence, objectivity and a responsibility to shareholders are the key tenets of an audit and must remain at its heart, writes PWC's James Chalmers

17 Apr 2013

News

Consultation launches on integrated reporting framework

A consultation on draft framework to integrate non-financial data into financial statements is launched through 15 events worldwide

16 Apr 2013

Feature

Minority report: Does anyone read audit committee reports?

Audit committees are under pressure to provide more detailed reports. Actually reading these reports seems to be of interest to just a small minority of shareholders, finds Andrew Sawers

27 Mar 2013

Interview

Interview: IASB chairman Hans Hoogervorst

Hans Hoogervorst tells Financial Director why revising the IASB’s conceptual framework is critical for the future of financial reporting

27 Mar 2013

Feature

Please buy from me, Argentina

The burgeoning UK-Argentine business relationship has been thrown into jeopardy by a dramatic change in the attitude of Buenos Aires to imports, finds Gavin Hinks

21 Feb 2013

Analysis

The year of the green report

Requirements for green reporting are set to become more strict, but it could be an opportunity for FDs

30 Jan 2013

Opinion

Quotas are not the answer to boardroom diversity

Board appointments to fill quotas not based on merit could alienate established board members, warns Liz Murrall

08 Nov 2012

Interview

Interview: FRC head of codes and standards Melanie McLaren

The head of the FRC’s Codes and Standards Committee talks about the watchdog’s new structure and its strategic objectives

02 Nov 2012

Opinion

Confident accounting

Despite its name, confidence accounting doesn’t mean FDs have to be bullish about the numbers

25 Oct 2012

Analysis

Cable hands investors binding vote on executive pay

Government gives shareholders binding votes on pay and forces companies to make remuneration policies more transparent, writes Richard Crump

04 Jul 2012

Feature

Boardrooms' backlash over executive pay

The shareholders are revolting, but is there anything boards can do to satisfy their disgruntled investors? asks Richard Crump

29 May 2012

Analysis

FRC sets path for audit scrutiny

Proposed changes to governance rules will restore faith in audit committees’ reporting processes, writes Richard Crump

29 May 2012

News

Mid-cap market calls for mandatory governance code

According to research from BDO and the QCA, 92% of small and mid-cap companies are calling for a corporate governance code for standard listed, AIM and PLUS-quoted companies

29 May 2012

Feature

Looking at companies through the wrong lens

It is all too easy for companies to fall into the trap of seeing the world through the prism of the company in its current incarnation, writes Eric Tracey

29 May 2012

Feature

How fit is your board?

The boards of all FTSE 350 companies are now expected to conduct annual evaluation of their ‘fitness’, writes Helen Pitcher, chairman of IDDAS

02 May 2012

Opinion

Fudge, but not so sweet

One of the biggest bugbears investors have with FDs, audit committees and auditors is the extent of “fudge” in so many presentations of segmental result, writes Eric Tracey

22 Feb 2012

News

Annual reports undermined by length and complexity

End-of-year financial reports must include more about potential risks that could affect performance

06 Feb 2012

News

CFOs must improve non-financial reporting

Quarterly reporting promotes short termism and hinders the dissemination of non-financial information

31 Jan 2012

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Latest Analysis

BoE policies impinge lending

Think-tank claims Bank of England’s own policies are leading to a dearth of credit for small businesses, writes Richard Crump

Government accounts criticised by Public Accounts Committee

Public Accounts Committee says Whole of Government Accounts are “elaborate”, reports Kevin Reed

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